Lawson family papers and pictorial material, 1872-1965

fonds

1872-1965

Textual Records, Photographs, Drawings, Objects

902324

136 photographic prints
16 drawings
1 medal
0.046 metres of textual material and photographs (17 volumes and 1 folder) - typescript, carbon typescript, processed typescript, printed, clippings, photographs

Bertha Lawson, 1876-1957, wife of writer Henry Lawson, with her daughter, Mrs Bertha Jago, did much to foster interest in her husband's works. Will Lawson, although not related, was a close family friend

Series 01: Mrs Bertha Lawson and Mrs Bertha Jago correspondence, mainly re Henry Lawson, 1919-1960

Series 02: Mrs Bertha Lawson correspondence, 1895-1956, and papers, 1876-1948

Series 03: Mrs Bertha Jago correspondence, 1916-1957; notes, 1889-1948; notes and photographs, 1931; and scrapbooks, 1896-1965

Series 04-05: Will Lawson papers including scrapbooks, correspondence, poetry, and notes, 1920-1968; and miscellanea, including notes, letters, and manuscripts of short stories and articles by various writers, ca. 1887-1935

Series 06: Printed material re Lawson Family, 1908-1961

Series 07: Henry Lawson family photographs, friends and memorial events, 1897-1956

Series 08: Henry Lawson drawings and cartoons, 1899-1948

Series 09: Will Lawson photographs and drawings, ca. 1944-1957, and medal awarded to B. Lawson, May 6, 1935